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Prime Focus/Optical

COSMICpublic(page) (page)(page)
LFC - The Palomar Large Format Camerapublic(page)(page) (page)(page)(page)(page)

Prime Focus/Infrared

Wide-field IR Camerapublic(page) (page) (page)

Cassegrain / Optical

Double Spectrograph/Polarimeterpublic(page) (page) 
F/9 Camerapublic(page)   
STEPSprivate    

Cassegrain / Infrared

Adaptive Optics + PHAROpublic(page)(page)(page)(page) (page)
Adaptive Optics + SWIFTpublic(page)  (page)
Adaptive Optics + P1640private   (page)
Triple Specpublic(page)  (page)
Triple Spec + TEDIprivate(page)  (page)
IR Camerasemiprivate(page)   
IR Spectrographprivate(page) (page)(page)
PIFS (Integral Field Spectrograph)private(page) (page)(page)
MIRLINprivate(page) (page)(page)
SpectroCam-10public(page)(page)(page)(page)

East Arm

East Arm Echellepublic(page) (page) 

Other

Shepherd Autoguider System    (page)

Public instruments are those set up and maintained by the Palomar Observatory staff.

Private instruments are those built, set up, and maintained by individuals or groups for their own research. Other observers wishing to use these instruments need to arrange, in advance, a collaboration with the builder.

Semiprivate instruments are similar to the private instruments except that the builders have agreed to make them available to others without the need for a formal collaboration, although consultation may be advisable. Scheduling restrictions may apply, however.


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